Briefly give some explanations for memory changes in older people
What will be an ideal response?
Answer: 1) Environmental factors such as taking prescription drugs can affect memory; too, retirees need to use their memories less than they did when they were facing job challenges. 2) Information-processing deficits may lead to declines in recall abilities—the ability to screen out irrelevant information or thoughts may decrease, and the speed of information processing may decline. Older people may lose the ability to concentrate on new material and have difficulty paying attention and organizing material in memory, and use less efficient processes to retrieve information from memory. 3) Biological factors such as brain and body deterioration may cause memory changes. Declines in episodic memory may be related to deterioration of the frontal lobes of the brain or a reduction in estrogen; studies also show cell loss in the hippocampus, which is critical to memory.
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